Q&A Interview with UTP Author Kelly Ricciardi Colvin
In Charm Offensive, Kelly Ricciardi Colvin examines the many forces that shaped postwar French femininity as a desirable commodity, both… READ MORE
June 2, 2023
Literary Studies
Q&A Interview with UTP Author Alexia Hannis
UTP author Alexia Hannis offers Aristotelian analyses of Joseph Conrad’s letters, essays, and four works of fiction in The Discerning… READ MORE
April 19, 2023
Chocolate’s Transatlantic Journey from Exotic to Everyday
Author Erin Alice Cowling tells us more about her forthcoming book, Chocolate: How a New World Commodity Conquered Spanish Literature which provides a fascinating and worldly narrative about one of the most beloved foods of all time.
June 30, 2021
Inside Akunin’s Literary Project
The Akunin Project is the first book to study the fiction and popular history of Grigorii Chkhartishvili, who published over sixty books under pen names including Boris Akunin, one of the most popular and prolific Russian writers of the twenty-first century. Elena V. Baraban and Stephen M. Norris offer us a glimpse into the mysterious persona of Russia’s Bestselling Author.
June 17, 2021
“Mosaic Fictions: Writing Identity in the Spanish Civil War” and Picturing Canadians
We invited Emily Robins Sharpe, author of Mosaic Fictions to discuss her book which examines Canadian Spanish Civil War literature and reveals texts composed between the war’s outbreak and the present.
March 31, 2021
Researching “The Typewriter Century”
Martyn Lyons shares what a day in the life of a researcher looks like as he discusses some of the meticulous archival research that went his new book, The Typewriter Century: A Cultural History of Writing Practices.
March 25, 2021
The New Spice Box: A Sparkling Collection of Contemporary Jewish Writing
We asked author Ruth Panofsky, author of The New Spice Box, to talk us through her book which celebrates recent Jewish writing.
January 11, 2021
Order and Disorder: England’s Troubled History
Award-winning teacher Ken MacMillan delves deeper into some of the stories found in his new book Death and Disorder and discusses what we can expect from the book.
October 19, 2020
Behind the Book: Exploring Illustrated Children’s Literature under Lenin and Stalin
Megan Swift talks about how her new book, Picturing the Page, and explores the vital and multifaceted function illustrated children’s literature plays in repurposing the past.
July 16, 2020
Pride Month: The Struggle for Gay Rights Before Pride
In our first post for Pride Month, Javier Samper Vendrell, author of The Seduction of Youth , looks at the history of gay rights and what lessons can be learned.
June 19, 2020